Top lightweight prospect, Maximo Blanco, drops down to featherweight division following his loss over Pat Healy at "Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Kharitonov" event.

After attaining a submission loss over Pat Healy at the Strikeforce event last weekend, Maximo Blanco’s management has announced that the MMA fighter would now be moving down from lightweight to featherweight division; and that his next bout will be under the UFC promotion.

“[Blanco] will be back strong, very soon, this time at 145 pounds in the UFC,” Blanco’s team at Sucker Punch Entertainment posted on Twitter last Tuesday.